Professional Diploma in Organisational Behaviour

• IMI is in the top 2% of executive education providers worldwide.
• We have been empowering business leaders to build their capabilities for over 70 years.
• We are ranked #1 in Ireland for academic rigour and practical relevance on our Open-Enrolment programmes
• Our full focus is on you, the participant. Through continuous reinvestment, we engage world class faculty to enhance the learning experience and deliver highly contextualised and outcome-led programmes. This provides you with the best opportunity possible to grow your career.

The Spring intake of the programme commenced on 13th April. The dates for the next intake will be announced once confirmed.

Fundamentals of Negotiation

1. Enhance negotiation abilities from team to multi-party and intercultural contexts
2. Learn alternative dispute resolution, power dynamics, and integrative/distributive bargaining
3. Understand ethical and cultural considerations in negotiations

Self-Awareness

1. Analyse individual and team psychometric profiles
2. Explore behavioural dynamics at work
3. Participate in an Executive Information System (EIS) simulation for change management

Motivation and Engagement

1. Understand the science behind behaviour and cognitive psychology
2. Develop strategies to drive high performance at individual, team, and organisational levels

Influencing and Persuasion

1. Strengthen decision-making capabilities
2. Recognise and manage the influence of motivation and emotion on choices

Psychology of Organisational Development 

1. Examine organisational development processes from diagnosis to delivery
2. Understand resistance and politics in change initiatives
3. Apply foundational organisational development models to your own context

Managerial Decision Making

Influence rooted in psychology
Read situations and people more accurately. Use evidence-based techniques from organisational psychology to frame messages, structure interactions and influence stakeholders ethically and effectively.

Motivated, committed teams
Understand what really drives behaviour. Design work, goals and recognition in ways that increase discretionary effort, boost engagement and reduce unwanted turnover.

Better decisions in messy, political environments
Spot how bias, emotion and power dynamics distort decision-making. Apply practical frameworks to make more robust individual and group decisions when the stakes are high and information is imperfect.

Organisational development and change capability
Diagnose your organisation using OD tools. Plan and lead interventions that take account of culture, politics and resistance – so change programmes don’t stall once the slides are finished.

1. Executive-ready psychology, not generic “soft skills”
   This isn’t a broad leadership course or a light people-skills workshop. It’s a deep dive into organisational psychology and behaviour – motivation, cognition, bias, culture, power and politics – always translated into tools you can use the next day as a manager.
2. The whole system, from individual to organisation
   You’ll connect your own style and impact (through psychometrics and feedback), team dynamics (motivation, conflict, influence) and organisation-wide levers (culture, design, OD and change). That makes it ideal if you’re responsible for more than just your immediate team.
3. Designed for time-poor, senior practitioners
   The format – 18 on-campus days over eight months – is built for leaders who can’t disappear for a year-plus degree but want far more than a short course or online certificate. Every assignment is tied to your own organisational context, so the programme pays back while you’re still on it.

This programme is for leaders, managers and professionals who:

• Are accountable for results through other people across teams, functions or business units
• Want to move beyond intuition and learn evidence-based ways to shape behaviour and culture
• Need to influence complex stakeholder groups and lead change initiatives that cut across the organisation
• Lead organisational change in alignment with strategy

Whether you’re leading across functions, managing complex teams or driving strategic initiatives, this programme provides the frameworks, tools and peer network to elevate your impact and build organisations where people thrive.

• A candidate’s eligibility for each Professional Diploma will be determined by a combination of their academic qualifications and/or relevant professional experience.
• A primary degree from a recognised third- level institution (NFQ level 8), with a minimum classification of Second Class Honours, will typically be required with five years relevant work experience, at least 3 of which must be at managerial level, however, prior workplace learning will be recognised where applicants do not meet the academic requirement.
• This experience may come from a general business or organisational background, or experience working at a management level or in the area specifically related to the Professional Diploma. The candidate may be interviewed by the Programme Director. The IMI Office of the Registrar will oversee all applications, and the final decision on any application shall remain with the IMI Registrar.
• All applicants whose first language is not English will be required to show evidence of the successful completion of an IELTS or TOEFL test or equivalent as specified within the application form. The English language requirement when using IELTS is a score of 6.5 with a minimum of 6.0 in each individual section or equivalent.

Read our campus information page for details.